Siege Campaign Progress Near Santiago Seen by Dispatches
Front reports from Kingston Jamaica dated June 27 describe US and Spanish forces in close proximity near Sevilla with battles near Santuro. Gen Shafter commends disembarkation efforts as 16 000 troops and supplies land with minimal losses and preparations to move on Santiago.
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Junagua
Kingston
Jamaica
United States
Spain
Santutro
Daiquiri
Shafter
Santiago
Sevilla
Wheeler
Youne
Lawton
Chaffee
Baiquiri
Gen. Shafter
Morro Castle
Spanish Retreat Near Santiago Pressed by U S Forces
The US advance near Santiago de Cuba reaches four miles from the city as Brig. Gen. Lawton's two brigades and Col. R. W. Hale push from Sevilla toward the front. Cuban forces under Gen. Calixto Garcia mass for a cooperative attack, with 5,000 Cubans expected from the interior and 2,000 arriving from Acerraderos. The retreating Spaniards have withdrawn to the Santiago defenses. The transport Leona brings 2,000 armed insurgents to Jaragua to reinforce Garcia’s troops on the roads toward Santiago.
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Ueannquantens
Citaffer
Sevilla
Tort Antonio
Jamaica
Santiago de Cuba
Lawton
Chaffee
R. W. Hail
Massachusetts Volunteers
Santiago
Carlos Gonzales
Calixto Garcia
Garcia
Acerradoros
Santino
Texas Battleship Texas Shell Hit Casualties Near Guantanamo
Official report from Washington notes Adm. Sampson used the Texas to distract Spanish forces near Basquiri Cuba. A shell from Cabanas battery struck the Texas during engagement injuring several and killing one man. Casualty list includes apprentives Blakely Mullin and wounded Russell Mullin Engel Lee Lively Simonson Nelson Sjogvist with others.
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Washington
Adm
Sampson
Texas
Whilled
Frank J. Blakely
Raymond Russell
George Francis Mullin
Rudolph Earl Engel
Hugh Amos Lee
John Emory Lively
John J. Simonson
John Edward Nelson
Sjogvist
Reinforcements Sail From Newport News for Santiago
The auxiliary cruiser Harvard left Newport News at 2 o'clock Sunday carrying the 9th Massachusetts regiment and two battalions of the 34th Michigan bound for Santiago. Thousands lined the river to cheer as troops crowded the rail causing the ship to list. Col. Fred L Bogan commanded the Harvard with Col. Jd P Peterman leading the 2d and 3d battalions of the 34th Michigan. The repair ship Vulcan followed to sea.
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Newport News
Harvard
Santiago
9Th
Massachusetts Regiment
34Th Michigan
Fred LB. Bogan
34Th
Michigan
Jd. P. Peterman
Vulcan
Marcus D. Russell A Troy officer and oil firm member
Sergeant Marcus D. Russell born in Troy thirty two years ago fell at La Quasina. He graduated from St. John’s Military Academy Sing Sing and was an intimate friend of Col William Astor Chanler. He belonged to a local wholesale firm dealing in oils paints and glass.
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Troy
N. Y
Marcus D. Russell
la Quasina
St. John’s Military Academy
Sing Sing
William Astor Chanler
Sailors Arrive to Fill Vacancies at Key West Station
Two hundred sailors reached Key West from Tampa by steamer to fill vacancies on the station, arriving Sunday night.
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Key Weat
Fla
Tampa
Ministers to Fight Summer Resorts Near Muncie
The Muncie Ministerial Association representing 30 churches has leased a tent at Westside park to hold union church services each morning and afternoon while brass bands perform elsewhere on the grounds to counteract Sunday enjoyment at the nearby resort.
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Muncie
Ind
Westside Park
Muncic
Dangerous counterfeit inmandators in Indiana rumor
June 27 report notes the absence of Mrs Carter from the Indiana secret service district. It says she was sent east to pursue Spanish spies but hints her real task is to locate a dangerous counterfeit $100 silver certificate hidden among corruption by skiriled counterfeiters, with arrests evading.
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Ind
Mrcs. Carter
Indiana
Secret Service District
Fate of Santiago and Cervera to be decided this week
Naval experts forecast the fall of Santiago de Cuba with Spanish forts at the harbor mouth captured by bombardment. Adm. Cervera likely to destroy his ships and surrender, town burned, and U S forces advancing with heavy naval and land pressure. News from Morro Castle describes impending engagement and possible Spanish retreat or destruction of fleet. Two thousand Cubans moved to join the army, while American ships continue coaling at Guantanamo and a railway wreck in Mississippi claims several soldiers.
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Santiago DE Canal
Kingston
Jamaica
Morro Castle
Santiago
Adm. Cervera
Cervera
Adm
Sampson
Basquiri
Santiago de Cuba
Norfolk
Accevaderos
Altares
Ludlow
Calix
Garcia
Indiana
Guantanamo
Gloucester
el Morro
Soldier Missing and Arrest in 1900s Indiana Record
Evassvialt Indiana June 27 six months ago Robert bk Rulley enlisted in the regular army. He was sent to Fort Riley Kansas and belonged to Company F 4th Artillery. He deserted and fled to Grayson County Kentucky. A few days ago he was arrested while celebrating his marriage by deputy U S marshal Jesse Peek and taken to Louisville.
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Evassvialt
Ind
Robert Bk. Rulley
Riley
Van
4Th Artillery
Girayson County
Kentucky
Celes
Jesse "Ph Peek
United States Marshal
Louisville
Porter jurors overturn verdict in assault case
Vatrasrarso Indiana June 27 A Porter circuit court jury after twenty hours returned a 14 year sentence for assault and battery with intent to kill his wife The verdict was set aside when a juror testified he signed under protest and the court ordered a new deliberation.
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Vatrasrarso
Ind
Porter Circuit
Swan Fis Jorm
Storm washes out track on Evansville & Terre Haute line
A cloud burst early Sunday morning heavily damaged the Evansville and Terre Haute railroad near Inglefield Indiana washing out several hundred feet of track. All trains are delayed and there were no southbound trains Sunday.
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Priscreton
Ind
Evansville & Terre Haute
Inglefield
Cor poral White of 10th Cavalry Feared Indy Native
Cor poral White colored of the 10th cavalry killed in Friday battle was likely an Indianapolis man who enlisted there in May 1500. Will TL White of this city joined the 10th cavalry at that time and has since become a corporal.
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Txpiaxaronts
Jod
White
10Th Cavalry
Indianapolis
Will TL. White
Passenger Train Kills Man Near Hassryvince Indiana
In Hassryvince Indiana on June 27 a passenger train struck and killed James Woodsock who was intoxicated and asleep on the track. The victim had lost a foot in a freight-train accident here about two years earlier.
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Hassryvince
Ind
James Woodstock
Southern Indiana Express Co incorporation drives Bedford offices
The Southern Indian Express Co was incorporated Friday in Beprar Ind with capital of 810 dollars. Directors named are John R Walsh, Liam A Walton and James W Thompson. Offices are located in Bedford.
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Beprar
Ind
Dune
Southern Indian Express Co
John R. Walsh
Lyam A. Walton
Janes W. Thompson
Bedford
Dispatcher Returns to Indiana Chief Role July First
Will Return to Indiana Princeton on July 1 W Putnam formerly with Louisville Evansville St Louis railroad now with Denver Rio Grande resumes his old post as chief train dispatcher. Farmer Shot by Chicken Thieves Near Roxomo Indiana Wounded shoulder serious not fatal Arnold Ford pursued thieves after chickens near his farm ten miles north of town.
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Princeton
Ind
DO. W. Putnam
Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Railroad
Denver & Rio Grande
Roxomo
Arnold Ford
Here
JoHnlee W. TL Zenor Nominated for Congress
ExGisa Indiana June 27 reports that Johnlee W TL Zenor was nominated for Congress from the New Albany district by the Democratic district convention by acclamation.
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ExGisa
Ind
Illustrious Sails to Lisbon Amid War Skies
The British battleship Illustrious, 14 900 tons, departed for Lisbon on sudden orders to safeguard British interests as tensions rise. Foreign Office says the voyage has no connection with any war.
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Londown
Lison
Foreign Office
Lisbon
Clifton Hotel Fire Destroys Clifton Ont Building
Niagara Farts June 27 report that the Clifton hotel in Clifton Ont across the Niagara river burned Sunday, with an estimated loss of 100000 dollars. All 85 guests and hotel employees escaped uninjured, including a large Indianapolis party led by Moor T ervart.
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Niagara
N. Y
Clifton Hotel
Clifton
Ont
Niagara River
Indianapolis
Moor T>ervart
Battle of La Quasina Fought By Rough Riders
Dispatches recount the La Quasina engagement near Jaraaua Cuba on June 25. Col Wool and Lieut Col Roosevelt led a successful counterattack after an ambush, with 16 American deaths and about 60 wounded or missing. Also reports Lieut Ames to face court martial for absence and other charges. Spanish forces repelled a later American attack near Siboney Sevilla. American ships bombarded Casilda.
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Jaraaua
Cuba
Kingston
Jamaica
Wood
Rough Riders
Regular
la Quasina
Roosevelt
Wool
Col
Santiago
Maprio
Blanco
Santiago de Cuba
Siboney
Sevilla
Ruben
Casilda
Civil War Veteran Maj James M Bell Honored
Maj James M Bell of the First regular cavalry, wounded at Santiago, is a Civil War veteran. He enlisted as first lieutenant of the 86th Ohio Infantry in June 1862, rose to captain, and later served as second lieutenant in 1866, advancing to major of the First cavalry on May 23, 1896.
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Washington
James M. Bell
Frst Regular Cavalry
Santiago
86Th Ohio Infantry
First Cavalry
Madrid squadron to traverse Suez two days
The Daily Mail's Madrid correspondent reports Camara plans a two day passage of the Suez canal with canal dues totaling 52000 pounds. Some liners are said to be provisioning the fleet for the voyage.
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London
Madrid
The
Daily Mail
Camara
Suez Canal
Lizzie DeKalb Pleads Guilty in Morristown Murder Case
Lizzie DeKalb known as the woman in black pleaded guilty Saturday to being accessory after the fact in the murder of Mrs. Emma P. Kaiser and received a two year jail sentence from Judge Weand. In Tacoma, the Northern Pacific Steamship Co. won a contract to ship eight more steamer loads of railroad iron to Japan after already dispatching three ships with similar cargo.
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Morristown
Lizzie DeKalb
Emma P. Kaiser
Weand
Japan
Tacoma, Wash
Northern Pacific Steamship Co
Tacoma
Madrid rumors of pronunciamiento threaten Campos dictatorship
The Vienna correspondent of the Daily Telegraph reports ground for fear that Marshal Martinez de Campos may issue a pronunciamiento soon and try to seize power in Madrid.
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Lennox
Vienna
Daily Telegraph
Madrid
Martinez de Campos
Dentists Jacob Father Son Drowned at Creve Coeur Lake
Dr Louis Jacob and his son Daniel age 18 both dentists of St Louis were drowned when their boat overturned at Creve Coeur lake on Sunday. Two other men rescued escaped with narrow misses.
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St. Louis
Louis Jacob
Daniel
Creve Coeur Lake
Washington Defeats Cincinnati 14 to 4 in Chicago Tilt
Washington beat Cincinnati 14 to 4 in a Sunday game. Chicago hosted a separate 13 to 10 victory over Brooklyn.
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Cincinnati
Washington
Chicago
Brooklyn
Spanish Barbarity Warns of Troubles in Colonizing Plans
Special San Francisco letter argues that American colonization of California and the southwest will repeat past harms. It cites Spanish and Mexican resistance, slave systems, bandit violence, and cultural suppression, then warns that new American territories could face similar rebellions and guerrilla warfare.
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California
Spain
Southwest
New Mexico
Pacific
Pacific Coast
J. M. Scanlant
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Siuitiege
Wheeler Pincos the Nauber
Patele
Cha.ee
Sternberg
United States Hospital and Medical Service
Official Report
Indiana News
NAVY
Watting
Tawra, Fla
Annie Wheeler
Maud Nissaim Babcock
Liscomb
Col. Liscomb
24Th Artillery
Key West
Gen. Wheeler
Pelo
Miss
Col. Torrey
Regiment of
Ened
Didott
Southern Tadinwine Express Co
Zenor
Graxp Forks
N. D
Minnewaukan
Miles
Coppinger
Fourth Army Corps
West Indies
Gan. Young
Lieut. Ames
Washineton
Charles AG. Ames
Ohio
Camp Alger
Columbus
G. C. Reid
U. S. Marine Corps
Maj. Bell
Woman In Black
San Francisco
Mexico
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Manila
Rica
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